December

God's love and kindness will shine upon us like the sun that rises in the sky. This light will shine to guide us into a life of peace.
Luke 1: 78 & 79 (Contemporary Version)

The Brightest Light

By Reginald Heber

Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid;
Star of the east, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.

Cold on his cradle the dewdrops are shining;
Low lies his head with the beasts of the stall;
Angels adore him in slumber reclining,
Maker and Monarch and Saviour of all.

Say, shall we yield him, in costly devotion,
Odours of Edom, and offerings divine,
Gems from the mountains and pearls of the ocean,
Myrrh from the forest or gold from the mine?

Vainly we offer each ample oblation,
Vainly with gifts would his favour secure;
Richer by far is the heartÌs adoration;
Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.